[governance] Milestone Agreement Reached Between ICANN, and F Root Server Operator, Internet Systems Consortium

[linda misek-falkoff]

Greetings:

It is indeed a pleasure to be beneficiary of the expertise here.

Request:
It would/will be great to read a bottom line (or even speculative) note on
the "*duties and rights*" (often "*rights and duties*")  here entailed.  The
article linked-to describes, as an interesting duality,  not the usual pair,
"*duties and rights*," but, rather here:  "*duties and expectations*" (etc.)
Is the phrase especially meaningful in context? Perhaps?

Also might those with this specific expertise take a look at description of
the *agreement* from different perspectives in the announcements, as
described by different actors.

Thanks much for this present heads-up.

With best wishes, LDMF.
Linda D. Misek-falkoff, Ph.D., J.D.
*Respectful Interfaces*

On 1/5/08, Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer at internatif.org> wrote:

> http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-04jan08.htm
>
> "First-of-its-kind agreement recognizes mutual responsibilities,
> supports enhanced Internet stability"
>
> The management of root name servers have always been a dark spot of
> Internet governance. Nobody knows about it and nobody cares (there
> have been a few papers by Karl Auerbach and that's all).
>
> Incredible as it may seems, a function which is so essential for the
> DNS (and therefore for the vast majority of Internet uses) have always
> been done without any sort of formal agreement. Nobody knows why
> Verisign manages two name servers and Neustar zero, what could be done
> if a root name server operator provides a bad service, how root name
> servers could be added, retired or changed. In practice, the set of
> root name servers is now cast in stone.
>
> Some persons believe it is better that way and that the service is
> better done by the present volunteers than by a mono-governemental
> bureaucracy (ICANN) or a multi-governemental one (ITU).
>
> So, this move is important. As ICANN says, it is indeed the first
> formalization of the relationship between ICANN and a root name server
> operator.
>
> I see what ICANN obtains. I'm very unsure about the gains for ISC. Was
> it a necessary condition to obtain the announcement of ISC IPv6
> addresses in the root-servers.net zone?
> (http://lists.oarci.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2007-December/002192.html
> )
>
>
>
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